Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread David A. Mann
Chris Brogden writes: > I find that they're not too hard to remove by using a single fingernail to > press the spring and turn the ring. Same here. I don't know if that's because I bought a genuine Pentax adaptor or not. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~d

Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread Martin Corro
My Pentax adapter came with a tool to adjust and remove it. Martin -Original Message- From: Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:38 PM Subject: Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help?? On

Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Bob Poe wrote: > ...and the rest of the story...how does one get the > bugger off the K camera? > You need two ball-point pens; [snip] I find that they're not too hard to remove by using a single fingernail to press the spring and turn the ring. chris - This message is from

Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread Peter Jesser
ROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help?? >Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:41:29 -0500 > >Okay, I need the whole scoop--does anybody know exactly how screwmount >lenses attach to K cameras, and exactly what the functionality is? I need &

Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
To attach a screwmount lens to a K-Mount camera, you need the M42 to K adapter. It's simply a steel bayonet mount that has a thread in the center to accept screw mount lenses. It will mount in the K-mount camera just as a lens would mount. (However, to remove it you have to depress the little spri

Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread Bob Poe
Mike, ...and the rest of the story...how does one get the bugger off the K camera? You need two ball-point pens; one to press the spring, and one to place in the small hole on the face of the mount...then pull towards you to rotate the ring off counter clockwise. I have found that some are very s

Re: Pentax screwmount-to-K ... Can Anybody Help??

2001-09-30 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Doug Franklin wrote: > The K-to-Screw converter is a small ring that fits into the K mount and > exposes a screw mount for the lens to attach to. The body then acts > like a screw mount body to the screw mount lenses. I don't know if any > of the automation gets across the adapter, but I doubt